6 Times Wendy Davis Was A “Cool Mom” In Her Vogue Profile

Davis with other Texas Legislature members and abortion rights activists in the rotunda of the State Capitol on July 12.

Democratic Texas Sen. Wendy Davis, famous for her 12-hour filibuster against a sweeping abortion restrictions bill in June, appears in Vogue’s September issue with a glamorous photo shoot and lengthy story about her career and future in politics.

The profile explores the 50-year-old lawyer’s prospects at becoming governor and turning Texas “purple.” But what we really learn is that Davis is an Urban Outfitters-wearing, red wine-lovin’ mom who can riff about Girls with her two millennial daughters. Or, as The Washington Post puts it, “she’s working on perfecting her ‘cool mom’ status.”

1. She hosts Super Bowl parties and loves the New England Patriots, which her BFF’s family owns.

[Davis’ daughters] propose a tour of the family’s Spanish-style town house—starting with the media room, where Super Bowl parties are held (“Mom’s best friend is Patti Kraft, whose father-in-law owns the Patriots, so we’re big fans,” Amber tells me).

3. Family conversations hit on Girls and the appropriateness of yoga pants.

Playful teasing ensues: about Wynn’s squeamishness at watching Girls, about Dru’s insistence that yoga pants are appropriate attire for the digital-marketing office where she works, about their mom’s naturally curly hair and the inconceivable number of products she collects to tame it.